Feasibility and benefit of prehospital diagnosis, triage, and therapy by paramedics only in patients who are candidates for primary angioplasty for acute myocardial infarction

American Heart Journal

Volumn 151, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1255.e1-1255.e5

  van 't Hof, Arnoud W J ^a,b   Rasoul, Saman ^a,b   van de Wetering, Henri ^a,b   Ernst, Nicolette ^a,b   Suryapranata, Harry ^a,b   Hoorntje, Jan C A ^a,b   Dambrink, Jan Henk E ^a,b   Gosselink, Marcel ^a,b   Zijlstra, Felix ^a,b   Ottervanger, Jan Paul ^a,b   de Boer, Menko Jan ^a,b  

^a ISALA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b Ambulance dienst regio IJssel Vecht   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; HEPARIN; PLACEBO; TIROFIBAN;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

EID: 33744989420     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2006.03.014     Document Type: Article

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